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Man dies 1 week after St. Roch shooting, NOPD seeks car in connection

Posted on January 24, 2017 at 11:00 PM

Car in St. Roch shooting Jan. 17 2017

New Orleans police are searching for the car pictured above, a white Chevrolet Camaro with artwork including the letters "R.I.P." on its hood, in connection with a Jan. 17, 2017 double shooting in the 1600 block of Mandeville Street in the St. Roch neighborhood. One of the shooting victims died Tuesday (Jan. 24, 2017) of his injuries, police said.
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One of two men wounded in a Jan. 17 shooting on Mandeville Street in St. Roch died of his injuries Tuesday (Jan. 24), one week after he was shot, New Orleans police said.

The NOPD announced the victim's death while asking for the public's help in finding a white Chevrolet Camaro, believed to be involved in the shooting, with dark tinted windows and artwork including the letters "R.I.P." on its hood.

Police did not identify the victim who died after the shooting, which occurred at about 2:25 p.m. in the 1600 block of Mandeville Street, police said.

Responding officers found the two shooting victims inside a vehicle that had been reported stolen. Investigators believe the two men had been in a rolling shootout with occupants of another vehicle, who have not been identified.

After being shot, the driver of the stolen vehicle, a black Hyundai SUV, lost control of the SUV and crashed into a white Buick SUV parked in the 1700 block of Mandeville Street, police said. A woman standing nearby was injured in the crash.

Anyone with information on the pictured white Chevrolet Camaro or the shooting is asked to call Homicide Detective Nicholas Williams at 504.658.5300 or CrimeStoppers at 504.822.1111.